• 2008 | The 2020 European Climate & Energy Package

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    The "2020 Climate and Energy Package" falls under the Kyoto Protocol and anticipates the 2nd commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol (2013-2020), better known as the Doha Amendment. It includes the European targets for the period 2013-2020.

    Targets


    Greenhouse gas emissions

    -20%
    by 2020 compared to base year 1990

    of which

    -21%
    by 2020 compared to base year 2005
    -10%
    by 2020 compared to base year 2005

    Renewable energy

    20%
    by 2020

    Energy efficiency

    20%
    by 2030 compared to base year 2005
  • 2020 European Climate & Energy Package

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    As an EU Member State, Belgium has also been assigned targets to be achieved within the ''2020 Climate & Energy Package'':

    The target for Belgium


    Greenhouse gas emissions

    -15%
    by 2020 compared to 2005

    Renewable energy

    13%
    (equivalent to 4.224 million tonnes of oil equivalent)
  • 2008 | The 2020 European Climate & Energy Package

    2018 | Cooperation agreement

    In order to meet the reduction target of 15% by 2020 compared to the reference year 2005, Belgium negotiated for nine years about burden sharing across regions and the federal state. In 2018,  a cooperation agreement was reached proposing the following burden allocation:

    Targets


    FEDERAL

    Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    -
    no emission reduction target

    Renewable energy

    17%
    0.718 Mtoe

    FLANDERS

    Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    -15.7%
    by 2020 with reference year 2005

    Renewable energy

    51.04%
    2.156 Mtoe

    BRUSSELS CAPITAL REGION

    Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    -8.8%
    by 2020 compared to base year 2005

    Renewable energy

    17.30%
    0.073 Mtoe

    WALLONIA

    Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    14.7%
    by 2020 with reference year 2005

    Renewable energy

    30.20%
    1.277 Mtoe

  • 2008 | The 2020 European Climate & Energy Package

    good to know

    Belgium negotiated for nine years about burden sharing between the regions and only came to an agreement in 2018. Both the federal level and the regions only had 2 more years to achieve their goals, an undertaking that failed.

    Note that Belgium reached an agreement on its regional burden sharing (Cooperation Agreement 2018) when Europe was already drafting the 2030 Climate and Energy Framework and the European Green Deal was in the making.

    The German-speaking Community drafted its own Energy and Climate Plan in 2018, in which it states it will contribute to part of the Walloon objectives (see 2018).